Remembering and Honoring

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thank you for posting this Rhonda. I'll be sure that there's a flag outside my home on September 11th this year.

There's one up here every day.

I was pretty shocked that hardly anyone displayed their flag in our neighborhood on the 4th of July this year. I daresay it won't be any different for September 11th. What a shame. I will be flying mine as always and I will pass this along. It's so hard to believe it's been 8 years.

I'll be in America this year to remember with all of you. I'll have to buy a mini flag and wave it

I'll be remembering everyone here in Ireland on September 11th.

You bet we did!

We did, too.!

on 9/11 I was in history class at the time that the first airplane had hit the World Trade Center, and I didn't talk for about 5 minutes at that time, out of respect for the many people who lost their lives that day. the one person who was talking at that time, though, was my history teacher!

I was watching a timeline on Fox News on Friday of that days events and it opened up old wounds. I also started crying and thought if not for this horrific tragedy, my nephew and all the soldiers that have died during the war would still be here with us.

This happened when I was still in college. I went to school three days a week and the other 2 I worked at a doctor's office. I was at work that day sitting at my desk when the news broke. It was so upsetting. And when they said one of the planes crashed just ouside of Pittsburgh flipped. I thought they were going to hit something here down town. Me and another lady were so scared that we left work. My dad picked me up and I went to an appointment with him. While sitting in the waiting room they kept showing it on the tv. It was one of the most beautiful and sunny days. No one was ready for something like that to happen.

So true Beckie...it's a date that will forever be etched in all of our minds----where we were, what we were doing. It's right there at the forefront. My 2nd cousin died in Tower 2...he had just gotten married and just landed this fantastic job and moved to New York. I didn't know him (I'm the youngest of 48 grandchildren, so I don't even know all my first cousins, let alone my second), but when I think of how my aunt must be feeling on September 11th (he was her oldest grandson), my heart just breaks for her, and of course all those who lost someone on that tragic day.

I've had mine up all summer. I plan to leave it up until the end of this month. I would leave it up all year, but it would start looking bad.
Besides, if my dog goes out there to potty in the morning it scares her....not sure why, its been there every morning!